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US Parents Want In-person Learning Despite Rise in Covid-19 Cases
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US Parents Want In-person Learning Despite Rise in Covid-19 Cases

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Results of a new survey show that the overwhelming majority of parents in the US want students to return to in-person learning for the new academic year. 89% of parents that responded to the survey planned to send their children back to school for in-person learning. That figure is up from 84% in May, according to the findings of the study, which was conducted by the Rand Corp., a non-profit research organization, and published by the Rockefeller Foundation on Wednesday. Interestingly, this sentiment is shared among parents across all races…

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White House Tackles Media Over COVID Reports
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White House Tackles Media Over COVID Reports

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In a rather bizarre twist, the Biden administration has condemned the country’s biggest newspapers, The New York Times and The Washington Post, over COVID reports saying the coronavirus is spreading among vaccinated US citizens. White House Deputy Director of Strategic Communications & Engagement, Ben Wakana, put up a spirited response to the newspapers’ viral tweets. The basis of the Washington Post’s tweet was a CDC study focusing on a “massive” outbreak among vaccinated people in the state of Massachusetts. According to the tweet, vaccinated people constitute seventy-five percent of infected…

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Woman Suffers Brain Fluid Leak After COVID-19 Nasal Swab Test

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A COVID-19 nasal swab test perforated a U.S. woman’s brain lining, making fluid to leak from her brain and putting her at extreme danger of life-threatening infections, a new report says. The test carried on the patient, who is in her 40s, may have been performed improperly, the report argues, so the risk from nasal tests is not that high. However, Jarrett Walsh, senior author of the paper, says her case showed once again that healthcare professionals should make sure they follow the protocols closely. Also, people who have had…

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5 Protective Measures Against the Increased Cyber Attacks from COVID-19

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Introduction It’s no secret that cybercriminals have grown confident in the last few years. Data breaches have taken the corporate world by storm, malware infections have left many users defenseless, and the Internet has become a playground for hackers. This situation has only been exacerbated with the increase in people working from home in light of the COVID pandemic. One can argue that COVID is to blame for 2020’s staggering amount of cyber-attacks. Sonicwall reported that malware attacks in the United States have doubled this year. This is because cybercriminals…

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Minecraft & Coronavirus: Players Recreate China’s Rapidly Built Wuhan Hospitals

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Well, it seems that it was only a matter of time before the coronavirus world hype penetrated the gaming industry as well. You’re probably aware of the worldwide terror that’s been caused by the Covid-19, aka the coronavirus that keeps making victims in China and triggers panic at a global level. Abacusnews online publication notes that lots of people in China turned to video games to pass some time while the coronavirus outbreaks are keeping the cities locked down. It also seems that a lot of gamers managed to find…

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All PAX Events will Go Forward, Including PAX East, Despite Coronavirus Concerns

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The company that is organizing PAX and other events in the gaming department, Reed Exhibitions, is stating that they will go on as they planned despite Coronavirus concerns. The company has a plan for all the events, and they will follow it unless other issues are appearing. So PAX East will take place next week in Boston, Massachusetts. However, some participants are pulling out from the event, in this case, the giant Sony. PAX East and All Events Will Go On For the next PAX event from next week, Sony…

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